Best PlacesCamptown, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Camptown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Camptown ranks 22,223rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Camptown
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Camptown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Camptown ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 74% of towns
Where Camptown ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Camptown
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Camptown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,171, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Camptown's effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Camptown
Camptown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Camptown.
Who works in Camptown, and how
Work in Camptown centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Camptown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Camptown.
What the weather is like in Camptown, month by month
Camptown sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 40° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 61° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Camptown
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Camptown
Schools across Camptown average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carrsville ElementaryA · 72% proficient
Top middle schools
- Georgie D. Tyler MiddleA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Windsor HighA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Camptown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Camptown measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Camptown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Camptown
Is Camptown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Camptown ranks 22,223rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cell coverage, and clean air, and lowest on an overheated housing market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Camptown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $272,353. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $73,171 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Camptown safe?
Camptown is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $543 per resident a year.
Compare Camptown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Camptown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Camptown represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Camptown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Camptown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Camptown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Camptown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Camptown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Camptown detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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